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Cómo conectar Telegram Bot a ChatGPT — via MCP

Send Telegram messages, photos, documents, audio, location and polls from any AI agent via the Telegram Bot API. 14 tools, bot-token auth. Outbound + lightweight read of recent updates (no long-polling).

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Telegram Bot

Send Telegram messages, photos, documents, audio, location and polls from any AI agent via the Telegram Bot API. 14 tools, bot-token auth. Outbound + lightweight read of recent updates (no long-polling).

Tools

13

Region

INTL

Category

Messaging

Authentication

Required env vars

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN
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  • Open-source on GitHub
    Source-available BSL-1.1
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
    Any MCP-compatible client

No install? Use cloud.anythingmcp.com directly.

Sign in, install the Telegram Bot in one click, paste the credentials, mint an MCP API key — done. No Docker, no git clone, no local server to run.

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💡 ¿Sin instalación? Usa cloud.anythingmcp.com directamente. Inicia sesión, pulsa Connectors → Telegram Bot, pega tus credenciales, genera una MCP API key — listo. Sin Docker, sin git clone, sin servidor local.

Telegram Bot + ChatGPT

Send Telegram messages, photos, documents, audio, location and polls from any AI agent via the Telegram Bot API. 14 tools, bot-token auth. Outbound + lightweight read of recent updates (no long-polling).

Requisitos previos

Las instrucciones de configuración completas están incluidas en el conector (visibles en el store al seleccionarlo). Las variables de entorno requeridas:

TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN

Paso 1 — Obtener credenciales

telegram.org/bots/api).

Setup:

  1. In Telegram, open chat with @BotFather/newbot → pick a display name and a username ending in bot.
  2. BotFather replies with an HTTP API token like 123456789:ABCDEFghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. Treat as a secret — anyone with it can send as your bot.
  3. Set TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN to the full token.

Authentication model (Telegram-specific): the bot token goes in the URL path, NOT in a header. The base URL is https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN} and every endpoint is appended as /methodName. The adapter substitutes the token via the {{TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}} env-var template in baseUrl.

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Paso 2 — Instalar el adapter

git clone https://github.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp.git
cd anythingmcp && docker compose up -d

Paso 3 — Añadir el conector en ChatGPT

ChatGPT soporta servidores MCP a través de la función Connectors (planes Plus / Pro / Team / Enterprise). El plan gratuito no admite conectores personalizados.

  1. Abre ChatGPT → Settings → Connectors (o pulsa el icono 🔧 en el composer → Manage connectors).
  2. Pulsa "Add custom connector".
  3. Rellena:
    • Name: Telegram Bot
    • MCP server URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp
    • Authentication: Bearer token → pega tu MCP API key (de AnythingMCP → Profile → MCP API Keys → New Key)
  4. Pulsa Connect para autorizar.

Herramientas disponibles

ToolWhat it does
telegram_bot_get_meReturn the bot's own user info: id, username, first_name, can_join_groups, can_read_all_group_messages, supports_inline_queries
telegram_bot_send_messageSend a text message to a chat
telegram_bot_send_photoSend a photo (JPG/PNG, ≤5MB via URL) by HTTPS URL or by reusable file_id
telegram_bot_send_documentSend a document (any type, ≤20MB via URL) by HTTPS URL or file_id
telegram_bot_send_audioSend an audio file (MP3, M4A, ≤20MB via URL)
telegram_bot_send_voiceSend a voice note (OGG-Opus encoded)
telegram_bot_send_videoSend a video (MP4, H
telegram_bot_send_locationSend a location point
telegram_bot_send_pollSend a poll (regular or quiz)
telegram_bot_edit_message_textEdit the text of a previously-sent message (your bot's own messages only)
telegram_bot_delete_messageDelete a message the bot sent (within ~48 hours for groups, anytime for own DMs)
telegram_bot_get_chatFetch chat info: title, type (private/group/supergroup/channel), photo, description, invite_link, member_count, permissions
telegram_bot_get_updatesLong-poll recent inbound messages (one-shot — pulls all updates since the last offset+1)

FAQ

¿Funciona el plan gratuito de ChatGPT con los Connectors MCP personalizados? No — se necesita Plus, Pro, Team o Enterprise.

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